Fairfield dentist reports to prison

According to WFIW Radio in Fairfield, former Fairfield dentist, Dr. Walter L. Dawkins is now behind bars, serving a year and a day federal sentence for health care fraud and illegal dispensation of a the pain killer hydrocodone.

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The Carmi Times - Carmi, IL

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Posted Feb. 8, 2013 at 10:00 AM

Posted Feb. 8, 2013 at 10:00 AM

According to WFIW Radio in Fairfield, former Fairfield dentist, Dr. Walter L. Dawkins is now behind bars, serving a year and a day federal sentence for health care fraud and illegal dispensation of a the pain killer hydrocodone.

Dawkins had been sentenced in December of last year, but was not required to report to prison until ordered by the U.S. Marshals Service. Federal prison records show that the 60-year-old former Fairfield dentist reported this week to the medium-security federal prison at Pekin.